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Examples of overshoot in a Sentence

The plane overshot the runway.

Sometimes we overshoot our time limits.

Recent Examples of overshoot from the Web

Arresting systems, similar to the gravel ramps that stop runaway trucks at the bottom of mountain highways, also would be installed at both ends of the runway to stop aircraft that overshoot the tarmac.

An official from Hebei province -- where Liu Yinguang lives -- told the China Youth Daily newspaper on Dec. 12 that local authorities had overshot their target of getting rid of coal heaters in 1.8 million rural households by more than 700,000.

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